Stage name lyrics Van Morrison

Stage name

It's a stage name
Not a real name
Could be a nickname
Or a make-it-stick name
It's a stage name
Not a real name
Could be a nickname
Have-to-make-it-stick name

Travel incognito
Move behind the scenes
Spin under the radar
If I wanna follow my dream
Leave it all behind me
Pick my getaway
Maybe the grass is greener
From far away

It's a stage name
Not a real name
Could be a nickname
Or a make-it-stick name
It's a stage name
Not a real name
Could be a nickname
Have-to-make-it-stick name

Must have been off the rails
To believe in a movie star name
It may have seemed like a good idea
At the time
Well, further on up the timeline
It no longer jives, but undermines
I guess I'll have to go back
To my proper real name

It's my stage name
It's not my real name
Could be a nickname
I-have-to-make-it-stick name
It's my stage name
It's not my real name
Might be a nickname
I-have-to-make-it-stick name

One of them's Ringo and Sting
Tell me, what a bad thing
If every woman and man is a star
How do you know who you are?
If Thomas Woodward is Tom Jones
Then I know I'm not alone
And if Cliff is Harry Webb
And Clive is Georgie Fame
[?]
What the hell?
Man, this is really insane
Have we gone off the rails
Or is this just a name game?

It's my stage name
Not my real name
Could be my nickname
Have-to-make-it-stick name
It's my stage name
It's not my real name
Could be a nickname
Have-to-make-it-stick— say it again
It's my stage name
It's not my real name
It used to be my nickname
I-have-to-make-it-stick name
It's my stage name
It's not my real name
It used to be my nickname
Now-I-make-it-stick name